Reproducing and imitating machine.



PATENTED DEC. 17, 1907.

B. O. FANSLOW. REPRODUGING AND IMITATING-MAGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 3, 1906.

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WITNESSES- J TTwm EX No. 873,930. PATENTED DEC. 17 1907. I

B; O. FANSLOW.

REPRODUGING AND IMITATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 3, 1906.

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71 ZNESSE'S JNVEJVTOR )E 7701mm or improved machine for reproducin copies v UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIcE.

BENJAMIN OTTO FANSLOWfOF-LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO .THE UNIVERSAL POLYGRAPH CORPORATION OF ARIZONA TERRITORY.

COMPANY, (INCORPORATED), A'

nnrnonoome AND mrra'rnve MACHINE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 17,1907.

Application filed December 3..1906- Serial No. 846,186.

of documents, drawings, and pictoria representations, has for its object to effect such reproduction by printing operations as here inafter described.

The machine constituting my present invention, consists ofa flat stationary base, upon or in which, there is carried either printing 't pe, or other body having upon its upper sur ace the reproduction of any drawing, writing, or pictorial representation in the state ca able of roducing impressions from. In t e. parall el edges or opposite sides of this flat stationary base, parallel grooves which may be of var ous transverse sectionalshapes are situated, and, in these.

grooves the engaging parts of a movable carriage which contains the impression roller are retained in permanent operative relationship as hereinafter described.

The movable carriage and the impression roller are traversedfrom end-to end of-their distance of movement, in successive alternations of direction of these movements, that is to say, to and fro through any period machine for reproducing any respectively gear into two spur teeth racks running lengthwise ofthe body of the machine, and' operatin as hereinafter described;

The impression rol er axle-of the machine'is provided with a crank handle for operating,

it, 'or it maybe-operated by a driving pulley and belt, ;or by eqiiivalent driving gear.

The arrangement of the machine otherwise,

a is generally such that it may be operated nal documents, drawings,

rapidly,.w1th ease, certainty and economy,

in the production of fac-simi e copies of origior other representations.

Upon the annexedd-ra'wings, Figure 1', is a t the following is. a full,

ing. surface, other than that of the i on the line" 3, 3, l ig. 1. Fig. 4, is a vertical 3, is a transverse sectioncross section showing the means of raisin'g or lowering, and in general adjustin the levelor horizontal-position of the t pe ed, or its equivalent, containing or hol ing the rintof type. ig. '5, s a plan corresponding to Fig. A.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, the horizontal portion is marked A, and it is shown as consisting which is r surface the types B, are carried in a chase, w ose side and end of a flat frame of cast iron within contained a fiat plate-X, whose u is planed level. Upon this late gortions are'markedO, and wherein the types as shown are retained in the operativeaondit'ion biylbeing held in the chase C, by reasonrniture D, D, of the chase, being forced in the well known manner against the type sligs wedges and G, respectively, all as more E, and types B, by the toothed especially shown in Figs. 2, and 5, or'when a printin block or other printing surface is used ot er than. types, then the said printing block is held within-the chase O, and adjuste therein upon the plate X, in pro relationshi with theinking ribbon an im ression rol er. The wed es F, and G, for tig tening or loosem'n the niture D, D, the types B, and type s ips E, are operated by the insers tion of the teeth of a galley key between the teeth .on the inner faces of the wedges F, and G, when b turning the galley key in the manner wel understood, and as commonly used, the wed es F, and G, are pressed against the furniture D, or withdrawn'therefrom, thus holding the types B, and t esli s'E, firmly in the chase C, or releasing t em t erefrom as is well understood by the operation of a galley key, part of my present invention, and is therefore not shown in thedrawin The chase .O, and its contents, namely, t e furniture D, D, the types B, and the type slips E, when rest- 'ing on the flat bottom of the adjustable base X, are held in place by the thumbnuts and.

bolts 1, and'I, res ectively, shown at Fi s. 2, 4, and 5, by WhlCh the adjustment '0 the chase C, and-its contents to their roper situation-u on the base X, is from time to time effected as is well understood.-

When instead of printing from a surface of typewhich may be either type in style and character corresponding to that commonly used in typewriting machines, or which may be of other kinds of type such as type in imitation of script, or of other form, or character, or when copies of drawings, pictorial representations or maps are tobe made in the machine constituting myinvention, then,instead of'usingth'e chase and its equi ment as hereinbeforedescribed; a block-o material suchas type-metal, or other metal, a wood or metal engraving, electrotype, or other block oont'ainingon its upper surfacethe depiction to be reproduced by a printing operation is carried and held in place, either by the thumb 1 nutsorbolts I, and I, or fastened thereto,

, base Al In the projecting part 0 the base.

that is'to say, upon the base X, by any equivalent means. I

4 -J At eachside of thebase A, is a rectangular space'tl, throughout the entire len th' of the thereis cut a V-shaped groove K, as shown at 'Fig. 3,'t he purpose of which is hereinafter explained.

The carriage of my new orir'nproved Inachine consists of the frames L, wh1ch are securely fastened together at the top by the bridge M, the ends of whichare'fastened to the two framesL, respectively, by the screws N, N, N, N. The lower part of each frame L, is bifurcated as shown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, andat the end of each bi-furcated armthere is carried a stud 0, upon the inner end of which there is also carried rotatively, the

rollerP, whose form and construction is more especially shown in Fig. 3, and its position 111- dicated in dotted lines. in Fig. 1. These rollers P, press'up-into and against'thesurface of" the grooves K, and conjointly with the upper rollers U, which bear upon the top ofthe sur faces of the rail t, maintain the carriage con-I sistir-ig of theend frames L, and the bridge M, also the impression roller Q, in proper operative relationship with the base A, and with the or other printing surface, and the' printing ribbon, also the paper Ztobe printed upon; in such manner that the carriage and the partsof'the mechanism carried thereby" cannot be dislocated from their proper rela- 'tionship to and with the base A, either accia dentally, or in any othermanner than by taking asunder-some of the parts for adniitf .tingof the separation when required, of the carriage and its connections on the base of the machine, 4

At the 'upper'part of the base' A, at the side's thereof, and of the requisite height or depth, there are two parallel toothedvr'acks R, R, with the teeth. of which the two toothed wheels S, S, on the impression roller shaft T, engage; Thediameter of the toothedwheels '3, S, of'the impression roller Q,-is preferably greater than the diameter of the impression roller T he impression ro'ller Q, is carried upon the shaft T, one and 'ma'kin of which isformed preferably square; in, or-' dcr tomecerve thereon the crankhandle .U, Figs. 2, and 3, which on be ng rotated by the hand .of the operator of the machine causes the toothed wheels S, S, and the impression" roller to be traversed from end to end of'the' base'A. The impression roller Q, maybe fastened rigidly to the shaft T, so that as the shaft T, is rotated, the roller Q, is correspondingly rotated either direction, or the impression roller Q, may be mounted loosely so as to rotate uponthe shaft T by itsend bushings O. v 1

At each end of the base A, are recesses Y,

and Y, respectively, as shown at'Figsi, and

2. In each pair of these recesses there-are situated the bearings of the rollersto which the printing ribbon is attached, and by whichthe printing ribbon is operated as hereinafter described. Each ribbon roller is 'pro-' vided with a ratchet wheel'd, at one of its ends which is firmly fastened to the axis a, of each ribbon roller, and the frame L, of'the carriage at the same'side ofthe "machine.v

whereat the ratchet wheel 11, is situated, car'- ries pivoted-to each bi-furcatedarm the 'pawls e, and-f, respectively, as shown at: Figs. 1, and 2. 1 When the carnage and 1mpressionroller of the machine are moved tovwards either end of the base A, then either the pawl 6,01 thejpawlf, engages with one or the vi other of the ratchet wheels d, d, according to -the direction in which the carriage and"1m-- pression roller. of the machine are being operated, and since eachpawl e,' or f, makes contact-withone'or the other of the ratchet wheels Z, beforethe carriage arrives at the termination of its'travel, the further movement of the-carriage after the contact'of its pawl-e, or f, with either of the ratchet Wheels ,d, d, vcauses theffrotation of one or the othe'r of the ratchet wheels 11-, through a distance corresponding to the distance through vwhich.

the carriage and impression roller move,"

after the-contact of either pawl e,=or f, with ing the requisite. movement of the ribbon 9,

shall be capableof adjustment, the 'pawls e, and f, while carried pivotallyupon the pins h, it, rest upon the top surface of the sides of thebase A, of-one of the guides as shown at F igs; 1, and 2, until reaching ,the, ratchet wheels d, one on the:end of each ribbon roller,

110. its-corresponding ratchet wheel is made, i and .i in this manner the printlng' ribbon g, '13

" such ribbon at each crank handle U. erated by pushing or pulling the ously in the when the awls respectively en age with the ratchet wlieels d, and rotate tfiemtogether with each ribbon roller alternately, so as to wind ofl one of the ribbon rollers and on to the other ribbon roller a len th of printing ribbon adequate to supply a. esh surface of I printing operation. The

awls e, ahd f, are provided in sets of varying engths so that they may be changed. in the machine according to the varying diameters of the ribbon rollers, and any two of which pawls of different lengths are used simultanemachine, their lengths being such as tocorrespond with the quantity of ribbon wound off from one roller and wound on to the other printing roller.

Instead of operating the machine hereinbefore described by turning a crank handle U las described, the machine maybe operate. hand to the bridge M, of the carriage, and by pushing or pulling the carriage horizontally, causing the successive journeys or traverses upon the base of the machine which have already been described as being performed by turning the When the machine is op- I carriage or impression roller, thent'he crank handle U, may be taken off the axis T, of the machine, but it is not necessary to remove the crank handle U, in order to operate the machine by the. attendant the bridge M.

I desire it to be understood that when using my .new or improved machine for printing copies of drawings, maps, landscapes, pictures, etc., or when used for making copies f re resentations wherein there are not parallel lines, such as the lines of type in typewriting, or the 'linesin" writing in ordinary manuscript, or the lines of engraving, such as is use in the production of public State and National documents, wills, and other papers written by hand, or copies of copper or steel engravings wherein lines of writing or literary si us are placed in parallel, that I do not in suc 1 cases use the pawls and ratchets for regulating the motion of the inking ribbon carried upon the inking ribbon rollers of my machine, but instead larger surface is to be printed at each successive impression, or printing operation of a drawing, map, picture ous surface, that I then remove the pawls from my machine and wind by hand a new surface of inking ribbon of sufficient length corresponding to such surface for each such impression when necessary to be printed from.

In Fig. 4, the inwardly projecting lugs to,

' vices of the furniture by the attendant applying his or her.

it and the impression roller to make pushing and pulling upon 'lower. rollers of toothed racks on tl thereof, when a or other large continu-- w, whereto the plate 23, when used,,is fastened, by means of the adjusting screws and thumb heads I, and I, are shown. The corresponding parts being also shown in plan in Fig. 5, while the rest of the parts shown in Fig. '5, correspond with the tightening deand types shown at Fig. 2, and hereinbefore describe I claim. as my invention.

1. A printing'machine consisting of a base with grooved parallel sides, an intermittently moving printing ribbon, acarriage movable upon the basev carrying animpression roller and provided with upper and lower rollers, the impression roller and its shaft, the lower rollers of the carriage, operatinLg in said grooves in the base, t e upper r0 ers of the carriage operating upon the upper part of the metal of the base containing the grooves, the toothed wheels, one at each end of the shaft which carries the impression roller, the parallel toothed racksat the sides of the upper part of the base, the toothed wheels gearing into the parallel toothed-racks, the printing or impression surfaces, the inking ribbon rollers, the ratchet wheels, one on one end of each inking ribbon roller, the changeable pawls on one end ofthe carriage for operating the inking ribbon rollers, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the traversing carriage of a printing machine operating upon a fiat base an impression roller pressing thepaper to be rinted, upon an intermittently moving in ing ribbon, and the inking ribbon to the type and printing surfaces, the 're base of the machine, the toothed wheels on the axis of theimpression roller, the inking ribbon, the inking "ribbon rollers, the ratchet wheels, one on one end of each inking ribbon roller, the changeable pawls on one end of the carriage adapted to operate the ratchet wheels of the inking ribbon rollers, the lower rollers of the carriage operating'in grooves in the bottom of the parallel guides of the base of the machine, the parallel guides, the upper rollers in each end of the carriage operating upon the to of the parallel gui .les of the base of the machine,

and provided with upper and i the type and printing surfaces, the crank Y handle for operating the stantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at the city of Los .Angelcs, aforesaid, in. the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- BENJAMIN urrn FANSIAHV, [1,.

' Witnesses:

Sr. JOHN DAY, IDA M. DASKAM'.

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